Tag: Burgundy and Gold

Commanders to distribute burgundy towels to Washington fans

The Commanders have a plan for the “terrible towels.”

Former Washington Redskins head coach Otto Graham was credited with saying, “Don’t throw in the towel, use it for wiping the sweat off of your face.”

Sunday’s battle between the 6-2 Steelers and the home team Commanders (7-2) looks to be a tough contest. The Commanders have yet to face a defense as good as the Steelers, and the Steelers’ defense has yet to face an offense as efficient as Washington’s.

Speaking of towels, the Steelers have been known for some years to have their fans show up in attendance with their gold towels to wave during the game, exhibiting their support for the Steelers (black and gold).

Meanwhile, the burgundy and gold commanders have apparently determined that they will distribute a burgundy towel to the Commanders’ fans.

Former Redskins running back Brian Mitchell (1990-99), now an employee of 106.7 The Fan in Washington, evidently was the originator of the idea, calling upon the organization to supply burgundy towels to create some more home-team atmosphere at Northwest Stadium, Sunday.

“I need whoever the powers that be — I need you all to get burgundy towels to every fan coming into the stadium,” Mitchell said, underscoring the need to keep the Commanders’ presence strong. “We know the Steelers are going to come with their yellow, so we’re going to mix them together. It’s going to be burgundy and gold all through the stadium.”

On Wednesday, the Commanders emailed fans announcing the towel giveaway with an exciting message: “These giveaways steel the show! We’ll be handing out limited-edition rally towels and Salute to Service hats presented by Verizon this Sunday for our game against the Steelers. Let’s Command Our House and create a home-field advantage by packing Northwest Stadium with burgundy.” (Fox 5 D.C.).

Gold pants are back for the Commanders’ home opener vs. Giants

It’s official. Gold pants for Sunday.

In an ongoing effort to honor the franchise’s history, Washington Commanders’ ownership recently announced the return of gold pants to the team’s uniforms for the 2024 NFL season.

Fans were happy about the move. Washington began wearing gold pants in the 1930s, lasting until 1979. After not being a part of any uniform combinations for over 30 years, former team president and general manager Bruce Allen brought back the gold pants as a regular part of the uniform rotation in 2010.

The team did break out the gold pants in 1994, 2002-03, and 2007 as part of their throwback uniforms. Washington last wore them in 2018.

The team revealed Thursday that the Commanders will wear burgundy jerseys and gold pants for Sunday’s 2024 home opener against the New York Giants.

Here’s the official announcement:

https://twitter.com/Commanders/status/1833966243218624836

The Commanders’ X page then showed highlights of the gold pants in action, with Kirk Cousins at quarterback.

https://twitter.com/Commanders/status/1834288054451810652

Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels will make his first home start in Sunday’s game.

 

Twitter roasted Carson Wentz’s suit at his first Commanders press conference

Twitter reacts to Carson Wentz’s Commanders-themed outfit in his introductory press conference.

New Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz met with the media for the first time Thursday and dressed for the occasion.

Wentz wore a blazer and shirt, matching the Commanders’ burgundy and gold color scheme. Check it out.

You might think Wentz headed out to a local Men’s Wearhouse, or, perhaps somewhere else to find the unique colored blazer; however, Wentz said he already had the jacket, and his wife helped out finding a shirt to match it with the blazer, resembling the team’s colors.

Wentz said he’s had the jacket from his time at North Dakota State and “didn’t know it would come in handy today.”

As you might expect, Twitter was all over Wentz and his jacket. And while some Washington fans respected Wentz for repping the team colors in his introductory press conference, others weren’t so kind.

Remember, Jim Zorn was once ripped for calling the team’s colors “black and maroon,” so Wentz does deserve some credit for the coordinated outfit.

 

No ‘random-[expletive] bird:’ Jason Wright rules out one category of potential mascots for Washington

With a veiled shot at the Philadelphia Eagles, Jason Wright ruled out a ‘random-[expletive] bird’ as Washington’s next potential mascot.

The front office in Washington is well into its search for a new general manager for the franchise, but as the 2021 offseason gets underway, team president Jason Wright is still neck-deep in the search for a new mascot and team name in D.C.

The first year going by the ‘Washington Football Team’ was a success, with Ron Rivera and his group of guys making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2015, but that doesn’t mean that things are going to stay the same. They might, of course — leadership has been open and honest about the fact that they may choose to keep WFT around, or maybe chance to the Washington Football Club — but Wright is still doing his due diligence and weighing every option when it comes to finding a new name.

When talking about the subject in an interview with 106.7 The Fan earlier this week, Wright did take a small step towards finding a name, simply by ruling a category of options out and wonderfully taking a small shot at a fellow NFC East team in the process.

“The other thing that we heard clearly is that something random would land poorly. We need something that’s connected to the history of the club or to the area or to something else that is meaningful to the fanbase already, meaningful to the area, etc,” Wright said, via NBC Sports Washington. “So picking some random-[expletive] bird mascot doesn’t feel like the right approach, at least from what we’ve seen so far.”

Oh, you mean like an Eagle…?

All shade aside, Wright also reiterated something that has already been made clear, but that will yet again lay a lot of fears to rest in the Washington fanbase; the colors are not changing.

“A few things are starting to become clear,” Wright said. “No. 1: Burgundy and gold should never change, period. That is a core aspect of the identity of this team and we know it is important from all this research as well to make sure we don’t feel like an expansion club and we’re tied to the history. We have to keep the burgundy and gold as a centerpiece to all of this.”

There still isn’t a timeline that has been put into place for announcing a new name or mascot, but Wright has said before that such things may not come until before the 2020 season.

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